Indonesia's Director General of Taxation has begun “sniffing out” illegal Bali villas owned by foreigners that are failing to pay taxes. Quoted by the State News Agency Antara, the director general of taxation for Bali, Sunarko, said in Kuta last month: “We will work together with immigration to trace the ownership data on these villas.” He went on to say that foreign villa owners avoid paying their tax obligations by transacting rental agreement offshore. “Transactions between renters and villa owners are done outside of Indonesia online. Those renting these villas are mostly foreign tourists who often claim they are family or relatives of the villa owner,” Sunarko explained. When tax officials visit the subject villas, he continued, security guards or gardeners often meet them. Sunarko declined to cite the number of illegal villas operating in Badung, but did add: “Usual...